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To promote stable, constructive labor-management relations through the resolution and prevention of labor disputes in a manner that gives full effect to the collective-bargaining rights of employees, unions, and agencies.

The Administrative Law Judge issued the attached decision
in the above-entitled proceeding finding that the Respondent
violated section 7116(a)(1) of the Federal Service
Labor-Management Relations Statute (the Statute). The
complaint alleged that the Respondent violated section
7116(a)(1) of the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations
Statute (the Statute) by refusing to allow employees to engage
in informational picketing within the confines of Fort Benjamin
Harrison. The Charging Party and the Respondent filed
exceptions to the Judge's decision. The Respondent filed an
opposition to the Charging Party's exceptions.

Pursuant to section 2423.29 of the Authority's Rules and
Regulations and section 7118 of the Statute, we have reviewed
the rulings of the Judge made at the hearing and find that no
prejudicial error was committed. We affirm the rulings. Upon consideration of the Judge's decision and the entire record, we
adopt the Judge's findings, conclusions, and recommended
Order.(*)

II. Order

Pursuant to section 2423.29 of the Authority's Rules and
Regulations and section 7118 of the Federal Service
Labor-Management Relations Statute, the Department of the Army,
U.S. Army Soldier Support Center, Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Indianapolis, shall:

1. Cease and desist from:

(a) Interfering with the rights of its employees to
engage in activity protected by the Federal Service
Labor-Management Relations Statute by refusing to allow the
American Federation of Government Employees, Local 1141,
AFL-CIO, the exclusive representative of its employees, to
conduct informational picketing at Coleman Circle related to
their terms and conditions of employment.

(b) In any like or related manner, interfering with,
restraining, or coercing its employees in the exercise of the rights assured them by the Federal Service
Labor-Management Relations Statute.

2. Take the following affirmative action in order to
effectuate the purposes and policies of the Statute:

(a) Post at Army facilities at Fort Benjamin
Harrison, copies of the attached Notice on forms to be
furnished by the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Upon
receipt of such forms, they shall be signed by the
Commander of Fort Benjamin Harrison, and shall be posted
in conspicuous places, including all bulletin boards and
other places where notices to employees are customarily
posted, and shall be maintained for 60 consecutive days
thereafter. Reasonable steps shall be taken to ensure
that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by
any other material.

(b) Pursuant to section 2423.30 of the
Authority's Rules and Regulations, notify the Regional
Director, Chicago Regional Office, Federal Labor Relations
Authority, in writing, within 30 days from the date of
this Order as to what steps have been taken to comply.

NOTICE TO ALL EMPLOYEES

AS ORDERED BY THE FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS AUTHORITY

AND TO EFFECTUATE THE POLICIES OF THE

FEDERAL SERVICE LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS STATUTE

WE NOTIFY OUR EMPLOYEES THAT:

WE WILL NOT interfere with the rights of our employees to engage
in activity protected by the Federal Service Labor-Management
Relations Statute by refusing to allow the American Federation
of Government Employees, Local 1141, AFL-CIO, the exclusive
representative of our employees, to conduct informational
picketing at Coleman Circle related to their terms and
conditions of employment.

WE WILL NOT in any like or related manner, interfere with,
restrain, or coerce our employees in the exercise of the rights
assured them by the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations
Statute.

(Activity)

Dated By:

(Signature) (Title)

This Notice must remain posted for 60 consecutive days from the
date of posting and must not be altered, defaced, or covered by
any other material.

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We specifically reject the Charging Party's exception
contending that the Notice should be signed by the Secretary of
the Army and posted Army-wide. The unfair labor practice
complaint was filed against the Commander, Fort Benjamin
Harrison, the highest level of agency management at the
installation, and the record reflects that the violation
occurred at Fort Benjamin Harrison only. The record also
reflects that the Commander exercised independent authority and
discretion in refusing to allow employees to engage in
informational picketing within the confines of the military
installation. Thus, consistent with the Authority's findings
in similar situations, we find that requiring the Notice to be
signed by the Commander of Fort Benjamin Harrison and posted at
the Army facilities at Fort Benjamin Harrison will best
effectuate the purposes and policies of the Statute. See, U.S.
Department of the Air Force, Space Systems Division, Los
Angeles Air Force Base, California, 38 FLRA 1485, 1487-88
(1991). Seealso, for example, Department of the Air Force,
Sacramento Air Logistics Center, McClellan Air Force Base,
California, 35 FLRA 1230, 1231-32 (1990); United States
Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration,
19 FLRA 732, 736-37 (1985).